Family Rights ActThe California Fair Employment and Housing Council has approved updates to the CA Family Rights Act (CFRA) to add clarification and also align the CFRA more closely with the federal version of this law – the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The...
Sarah Aquino - VP, Integrated Benefits and Insurance Services, Inc. ACA certified by the National Association of Health Underwriters By now we’re all aware that the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) requires U.S. citizens and legal residents to carry a...
5 Ways You Can Be A Better Leader TodayBy Jeremiah Miller, Forging Leaders “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something because HE wants to do it.” ~Dwight D. Eisenhower.There are two approaches to getting what you want. I call these two methods...
Questions asked by employers who rarely like the answer. By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA As HR consultants, we work with hundreds of California employers. They call us to think out loud about employee performance issues, leave of absence dilemmas, compensation challenges,...
Preparation for California's New Paid Sick Leave As you've heard, California's new paid sick leave law (AB 1522, also known as the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 or "HW/HF") was effective on January 1, 2015. The most critical part of the law...
WorldatWork reports that U.S. organizations will increase 2015 salary budgets slightly to 3.1 percent over the average 3.0 percent in 2014. Major metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles and San Francisco will likely be at the 3.1 percent range, while smaller markets...
By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA In a stunning reversal of a National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) 2007 decision, the Board ruled earlier this month that employees who use company email must be permitted to use it for union organizing and group discussions about terms and...
by Susan Breslauer, SPHR-CA As you know, California's new paid sick leave law (AB 1522, also known as the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014) was signed by Governor Brown in September. The most critical part of the law requiring employers to grant all...
by Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA Independent contractors are becoming a dying breed in these United States. We've seen several cases this year where individuals have been found to be misclassified as independent contractors. The back taxes and penalties (think FICA match,...
